Atomically Precise, Thiolated Copper–Hydride Nanoclusters as Single-Site Hydrogenation Catalysts for Ketones in Mild Conditions

Abstract

one of the first nanocatalysts whose structure and catalytic functions are characterized fully to atomic precision. Understanding of a working catalyst at the atomistic level helps to optimize its properties and provides fundamental insights into the controversial issue of how a stable, ligand-passivated, metal-containing nanocluster can be at the same time an active catalyst.